We know you have it installed in Firefox already, but if not, you know what to do.

Joe Hewitt released the final version with these words:

One year and twelve days later I am happy to announce that the leopardâ€™s growl has been quieted to a purr, clearing the path for the final Firebug 1.0 to make its way in the world.

If you read this blog, that wonâ€™t mean much to you personally since youâ€™re probably already using 1.0 beta. However, there are still tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people who are still using 0.4.1 and are going to get a very nice present the next time they restart Firefox.

Thanks to all the people who have supported Firebug during its infancy, especially those who have contributed new ideas and donations to the project. Weâ€™re just getting started here! If nothing else, I hope Firebug inspires the makers of other browsers to invest more time in development tools. The web development paradigm wants to evolve, but we canâ€™t build the future with yesterdayâ€™s hammer.

Cheers again to Joe and team. 2.0 next January? Can’t wait to see what is in store.

Well done Joe! Firebug is an Ajax developer’s best friend and it’s stunning how much functionality you elegantly pack into a neat little UI. Users are constantly stumbling across new features in Firebug!

Comment by Michael Mahemoff — January 26, 2007

absolutely indispensable. I have won so many programmers over to Firefox simply because of Firebug.

I think the last time something this cool happened was when the general community made the switch to 5th-gen browsers. ;) I saw a demo of some of the new features yesterday, and it’s like Joe thought of all those “little things” – eg. being able to edit box model attributes live in-line by clicking a value (ie. top padding), and using your up/down arrow or page up/down keys to change them. Can’t thank him enough for all the work he’s put into Firebug.

A phenomenal product I’ve recommended to all developers since it’s first appearance. Truly indispensable – we could not donate enough! Perhaps Joe should put a pitch in widget on his site, as should supporters who are so inclined!